91.   Arguably the best jockey over the last decade, Stevens said that degenerative arthritis in his right knee has forced his career to end prematurely.

92.   As a result, for the last decade, steel imports have been necessary to fill the gap between what American steelmakers are producing and what Americans consume.

93.   Armed with ambitious expansion plans, companies went on a borrowing binge through most of the last decade.

94.   As coastal development along the Gulf and the Atlantic has blossomed in the last few decades, expanding populations have made evacuation an increasingly time-consuming and disruptive exercise.

95.   As companies downsized managers and professional staff over the last decade, they often hired replacements on a temporary basis for these midlevel positions.

96.   As Ireland rocketed through the economic and cultural booms of the last decade, few institutions could guide its transformation as The Irish Times did.

97.   As it has been for the last decade, the ultimate amenity is space.

98.   As mainland cities boomed in the last decade, this one stagnated, with house prices and investment falling, bankruptcies multiplying, unemployment and welfare caseloads rising.

99.   As oil prices fell through most of the last decade, well abandonment, and state enforcement, increased.

100.   As the federal government has shrunk over the last decade, states have become responsible for a larger portion of public spending.